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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>ISAIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 47
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Babylon and Chaldea shall be destroyed for their iniquities—None shall save them.
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Come</span> down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 137: 8.">Babylon</a>, sit on the ground: <i>there is</i> no <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/47/1b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE Babylon was to be overthrown; this prophecy fulfilled by Cyrus, 539 B.C.">throne</a>, O <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/47/1c" mark="c" type="P" title="HEB virgin daughter; i.e. the heretofore unconquered Babylonian empire.">daughter</a> of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/2a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE Prepare to become slaves.">Take</a> the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/47/2b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE on the way to exile.">pass</a> over the rivers.
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Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/3a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE I will not negotiate or compromise in this matter.">I</a> will not meet <i>thee as</i> a man.
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<i>As for</i> our redeemer, the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts <i>is</i> his name, the Holy One of Israel.
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Sit thou silent, and <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/5a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE You are going into exile.">get</a> thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.
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&#182; I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/6a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE Israel’s Babylonian captivity is predicted.">given</a> them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
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&#182; And thou saidst, I shall be <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/7a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR a mistress.">a</a> lady for ever: <i>so</i> that thou didst not lay these <i>things</i> to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/47/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lam. 1: 9.">end</a> of it.
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Therefore hear now this, <i>thou that art</i> given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I <i>am,</i> and none else beside me; I shall not sit <i>as</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lam. 1: 1.">widow</a>, neither shall I know the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/47/8b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE Babylon will be depopulated and its king will be destroyed.">loss</a> of children:
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But these two <i>things</i> shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/9a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR in full measure.">in</a> their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, <i>and</i> for the great abundance of thine enchantments.
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&#182; For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 29: 15; Ezek. 9: 9.">seeth</a> me.  Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I <i>am,</i> and none else beside me.
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&#182; Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/11a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB ruin, or calamity.">mischief</a> shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/47/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="D&C 29: 8; D&C 63: 37.">desolation</a> shall come upon thee suddenly, <i>which </i>thou shalt not know.
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Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.
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Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels.  Let now the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sorcery.">astrologers</a>, the stargazers, the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/47/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Lev. 19: 26.">monthly</a> prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from <i>these things</i> that shall come upon thee.
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Behold, they shall be as <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/47/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 15: 7 (7-8); Isa. 5: 24; Mal. 4: 1.">stubble</a>; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: <i>there shall</i> not <i>be</i> a coal to warm at, <i>nor</i> fire to sit before it.
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Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, <i>even</i> thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee.
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